She then squealed joyfully and asked, "Can we go swimming in there?"When I nodded my head yes, she asked, "Can we go swimming tonight?" Her eyes were ...leading with me and at that moment she looked more like an eight year-old than a teen.I explained to her that I hadn't checked the chemicals in almost two weeks but that 'if' the chemical test strip said the pool was safe to use that we could swim tonight. I also told her that if the pool was not safe, most likely we could swim tomorrow. She then. You did some housework, and I watched TV. You said we might goto that flea market this afternoon, but I wanted to go to the mallwith Lainey." Lainey Ross lived two blocks away. An hour ago, neitherof them had known of the girl's existence. Now, she was Edie'slifelong friend."We're... we're stuck." No!" Edie panicked and instinctively ran back to the other bedroom.It was her room now, painted in wild colors with posters of boy bandsup on the walls. She saw clothes, jeans, panties, blouses thrown. Each day would bring the Mages closer to discovering the secret of the Inonni Portals. He was out of time and out of options.Well, not quite. He did have one remaining course of action, but he despised it. It meant pulling another into his ring of confidantes. He had already regretted having brought Gronnus into his circle.Jollis turned from the map and extracted a second Farviewing pearl from his pocket. He waved his other hand over it.The pearl glowed bright blue. Soon after, the image of a. I rode slowly so that I wouldn't bounce him off and headed out of town. I didn't want him to suffocate accidentally, so I pulled off his gag when we got out of town. I already had my place picked out—a deserted spot of flat ground about five miles away.When we reached the site of my vengeance, I cut the ties and let Applewild fall to the ground. I could not care less whether or not he was hurt by the fall, I just didn't want him dead. He was conscious, so he did groan when he hit the ground. He.